Age of Conquest Reborn

Japan spent almost all its national strength and fought for several years before taking Australia and killing hundreds of thousands of Allied troops. From any point of view, it was the top priority of Tianzihao and deserves special mention.

, and it was a full five days earlier than the time that General Ito wanted the base camp to guarantee to end the war in Australia!

It stands to reason that General Ito, as the commander-in-chief of the Australian invasion force, would have to spend tens of thousands of words in his telegram reporting the victory, explaining to His Majesty the Emperor the process of conquering Australia. Even if there was no need to boast, just describing the war process would still be enough.

How many pieces of paper?

But General Ito used only a few crosses to report the news of the great victory that was enough to make the local people excited to the point of fanaticism to His Majesty the Emperor, and reported it to the base camp. Isn't it too simple?

The senior officers who followed General Ito and walked into the former Australian Allied Forces Headquarters felt very unhappy and muttered to themselves, "By doing this, Your Excellency, the Commander-in-Chief, seems to be disrespecting His Majesty the Emperor?"

Chief of Staff Major General Yamaguchi also felt that the Commander-in-Chief's approach was inappropriate, so he reminded: "Commander-in-Chief, isn't the victory telegram too simple? At least some numbers of enemy annihilations and captures should be listed!"

General Ito shook his head and said, "I know it in my heart, so let's just say it this way! Everything has passed, and the eyes of the Japanese Emperor should not stay on the ended war!"

General Ito has his own plans. The Australian War is the focus of attention of the entire Japanese Empire. It can be said that in addition to reporting the daily battlefield conditions to the base camp, other agencies, such as the dispatched troops directly under the Military Intelligence Bureau of the base camp,

The Intelligence Headquarters will also have a detailed report on the battle situation, so why do you need to elaborate on it yourself?

Doing this will avoid the suspicion of bragging, and create a good impression of neither arrogance nor arrogance in the eyes of local senior officials, especially His Majesty the Emperor. Moreover, now my thoughts are no longer in Australia, but on the other side of the Pacific.

The west coast of the United States is where he can create greater glory. "Who else would it be than me to command the Imperial Japanese Army to land on the United States!" He has this confidence!

As General Ito's telegram of victory was sent back to Japan, this meant that the Australian War ended with a disastrous defeat for the Allies. This war lasted for two years, and Japan successively invested more than 1.3 million elite troops.

The Allies have invested nearly one million troops. The Allies and the Japanese have more than 2.3 million soldiers, and they have been fighting for more than two years on more than 7.6 million square kilometers of land.

Bloody fight.

In this battle, the Allied forces lost more than 900,000 troops. More than 2,000 combat aircraft of various types, more than 3,000 tanks of various types, and artillery of various calibers. More than 10,000 artillery pieces. In addition to more than 40 killed in the battle,

In addition to the 10,000 soldiers, the remaining more than 500,000 Allied soldiers became prisoners of the Japanese army, including more than 40 generals and thousands of school-level officers.

After this battle, the largest strategic fulcrum of the Allied forces in the Southwest Pacific finally fell into the hands of the Japanese, and all their elite troops were lost. The key point to contain the Japanese strategic heavy group no longer existed. The biggest consequence was that,

They reached the mainland of the United States and were directly exposed to the front of the Japanese Army!

All the assets of the British Empire that had been operating in Australia for more than 200 years fell into the hands of the Japanese, because the Allied forces on the second line of defense in northeastern Australia were completely defeated almost overnight.

The resistance there was also extremely weak. Therefore, the southeastern region of Australia, where the industrial and mining enterprises and commerce were concentrated and the industrial infrastructure was the most complete, was not severely damaged by the war and fell into the hands of the Japanese almost completely unscathed.

As for the Japanese army, the number of casualties before and after was around 300,000, but Japan continued to increase its troops in the Australian battlefield. By the end of the Australian War, the main force of the Japanese army attacking Australia, the Southwest Pacific Expeditionary Force, still retained 120 troops.

With a huge force of about 10,000 people, it also received a large amount of heavy equipment abandoned by the Australian Allied Forces and destroyed in time.

This batch of equipment was still the most advanced equipment in the world at that time. Of course, it came from the military industry department of the ** Division. However, it was Lieutenant General Zhang Quan, the director of the Logistics Department of the ** Division, who was based in the East India region and sold it to the Allies for real money.

That part of the equipment.

No matter from which aspect, the Japanese victory on the Australian battlefield was like swallowing a large piece of oily fat in one mouthful, eating it with a mouth full of delicious, advanced weapons and equipment, which can be equipped with troops immediately and kept intact.

The industrial system can be started immediately. More than 500,000 Allied prisoners of war are the best unpaid labor force.

The most complete and basically intact industrial system and sufficient unpaid labor can create value for the Japanese in the shortest time. In the future, Australia will become the biggest trump card to support the Japanese military expansion!

At this moment, Lieutenant General Bahlisman, the former Australian Allied Commander, who was already sitting on a troop transport ship bumping in the East Indian Ocean, was crying with snot and tears, and reported to the Allied Forces Headquarters, that is, the United States, with a painful mood.

Joint Chiefs of Staff, send a long telegram.

Compared with the victory telegram sent by General Ito, who had achieved a great victory, to Emperor Hirohito and the base camp, Lieutenant General Bahlisman's telegram was quite long. He had to explain the situation on the Australian battlefield in detail to the country.

As well as the reasons for the failure of the Allied forces and the losses, in other words, I must give an explanation to the country. After all, Australia was lost when I was the commander of the Australian Allied Forces!

Lieutenant General Bahlisman not only needs to give an explanation to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, but also to give an explanation to the British. In this Australian war, the British suffered the greatest losses. Not only did the top commander, General Fernandez, commit suicide, but the British army's final fate

He had lost all his wealth and lost all his money. The number of British soldiers who were ordered to evacuate to the West Indies with him did not exceed 5,000. How could Prime Minister Churchill of the British government-in-exile give up?

Therefore, Lieutenant General Bahlisman must defend himself and emphasize the objective reasons for the huge losses of the Australian Allies. Of course, the selfish decision made by himself and Fernandez will not be revealed without reservation.

Although he now reflects on it, it may have been the main reason why the heavily deployed second line of defense in northeastern Australia collapsed in the face of the Japanese attack!

Lieutenant General Bahlisman, who was filled with self-blame, pain and uneasiness, would not forget that when he told MacArthur about deserting before the battle, he despised this bastard who had repeatedly deserted on the battlefield. At the same time, he also had

If you follow your own ideas and lose Australia, don’t even think about MacArthur not taking any responsibility for it!

At this time, Lieutenant General Tang Qiuquan, commander of the ** Navy Fleet, was also sending a telegram to division commander Tang Qiuli, reporting that the war in Australia was over and that the troop transport fleet had brought back less than 60,000 Allied soldiers.

When Lieutenant General Bahlisman's telegram arrived in Washington, it was late at night. President Roosevelt, who was barely asleep after relying on sleeping pills, was awakened by White House Chief of Staff Joelna. Joelna knew the president's physical condition and was not aware of it.

The full text of Lieutenant General Bachlisman's telegram was repeated, and he simply told Roosevelt the result of the Australian war: "The Allies were defeated and Australia fell!"

Under the dim light, President Roosevelt's eyes were empty and he said nothing. After a long time, he waved his hand numbly and motioned for Joelna to go out. Joelna clearly felt that the candle of Mr. President's life had dimmed a lot again.

British Prime Minister Churchill was also awakened from his sleep by his military secretary. The secretary mechanically read Bahlisman's telegram. Churchill could not hear the rest of the content. He only heard that the last bit of wealth in the British Empire was gone.

Lost in Australia, the British Empire now really has nothing. Then, the Prime Minister groaned and suddenly passed out!

In the palace of Emperor Hirohito in Tokyo, Japan, although it was already dusk, senior military and political officials from the base camp and various government departments gathered in the large conference room. There were four to five hundred people in the room. Such a large-scale meeting was not possible in

It is very rare in Japanese history!

These senior civil and military officials gathered together in groups of three or five to discuss excitedly. There was only one topic: the Empire of Japan's overall victory in the Australian War. Although the victory telegram from the front line had not yet arrived,

These officials used their own means and through various channels to learn this good news that made all Japanese people ecstatic!

Emperor Hirohito, who looked as excited as a bull in heat, was in another room with several close ministers. Although he knew and firmly believed that the Imperial Japanese Army would eventually win the Australian War, Hirohito had no doubt about it.

But when the victory really came, he still couldn't suppress his inner excitement.

Although no less than a dozen channels had reported to him the news of the Imperial Army's complete victory in the Australian War, Emperor Hirohito still wanted to see it with his own eyes. General Ito Genzaburo, who had made outstanding achievements, personally sent it

Telegram of victory!

General Ito's telegram arrived, but the content was so simple that it surprised everyone. However, Emperor Hirohito obviously appreciated it more. Subsequently, the core topic of the meeting revolved around the Empire's dispatch of troops to the southwest Pacific and the specific direction of the next move.

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Obviously, the slight losses suffered by the attacking troops on the Australian battlefield gave Hirohito great self-confidence. At the same time, it also gave the Japanese military and political officials who participated in the meeting enough courage and ambition. Even before, they had tried their best to oppose the attack on the United States.

General Minai Guangyi and Prince Zain no longer held objections this time.

The meeting passed a decision in a one-sided manner. In the future, the empire will have two strategic directions. The main direction is to join forces with the Germans. The army will be on the west coast of the United States. The secondary direction is to take a defensive position in the occupied areas of the islands in the southwest Pacific.

The target is the troops of the Chinese demon Tang Qiuli.

In the Australian War, the Japanese won at a small cost, which launched their ambitions. Those fierce wolf eyes finally looked eastward and stared at the United States on the other side of the Pacific!

(To be continued)(To be continued)